WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) voted in favor of a bipartisan resolution affirming the United States' support for Israel in the wake of deadly terrorist attacks by the Iran-backed terrorist group, Hamas, that took the lives of over 1,000 Israelis, including innocent women and children, on October 7th. The resolution was led by U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: This week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) signed a letter with a bipartisan, bicameral group, led by U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), urging President Biden to continue directing his full attention to freeing American hostages taken by Hamas during the terrorist organization's October 7th attacks on Israel and supporting Israel's efforts to dismantle the threat of Hamas. "We appreciate  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Representatives Katie Porter (D-Calif.), Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), and Don Beyer (D-Va.) released the following statement on the announcement by the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of its 2024 pilot of Direct File, a program that will allow Americans to file tax returns digitally and free of charge.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) and 114 House Democrats introduced the Clean Water Act of 2023. The legislation undoes the damage from the Supreme Court's Sackett decision by reinstating the historic and bipartisan, federal-state partnership that has p more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, and Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, released the following statement in recognition of an agreement between Venezuela's Unitary Platform and the Maduro regime to institute democratizing electoral reforms and the Biden administration's su more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $10,140,166 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Woodlands Development Group. The funding will construct and operate a total of 1,788 homes in the Rupert area, including rent-assisted units for low and very low-income seniors and market-rate units. "Every West Virginian deserves a roof over their head and more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that American Electric Power Service Corporation (AEP) will receive $2.5 million through the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program to support technology solutions that increase the flexibility, efficiency, reliability, and resiliency of the electric power system for cust more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced $22,470,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the City of Weirton. The funding will support upgrading Weirton's water treatment plant from a capacity of 4 million gallons per day to 8 million gallons per day. "Every West Virginian deserves clean water t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC-- Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced that the open enrollment period for Medicare has begun and it will be open through December 7, 2023. This year, seniors are able to choose Medicare plans with new cost-saving benefits that were included in Senator Manchin's Inflation Reduction Act. To find out more about Medicare Open Enrollment, and how you can change your own plan or work with the seniors in your life to get them on  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, criticized the Biden Administration for lifting sanctions against Venezuela during his opening remarks in an Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. "I also want to briefly express at the outset my strong concerns about the news last night that this administration has lifted most sanctions on Venezuelan oil for the next 6 mon more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - This week, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and 23 of his Senate colleagues introduced the Revoke Iranian Funding Act to rescind the general licenses that authorized the release of $6 billion to Iran and prevent the Iranian regime from accessing and using the funds held in Qatar to finance terrorist attacks against Israel or any other nation. In addition, this bipartisan legislation direc more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC-- U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and 104 of his colleagues sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Brian Nelson, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, raising grave concerns about reports that in the months leading up to their brutal October 7th terrorist attack on Israel, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) raised millions of dol more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following joint statement on Oct. 19, 2023: * * * Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Vice Chairman Marco Rubio (R-FL) released the below statement after convening an unclassified roundtable discussion on critical minerals financing with senators, domestic industry, finance and U.S. government officials: "As global demand for critical minerals continues to grow at exponential rates, the U.S. must identify se more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $71,816,110 in federal funding to reduce power outages, enable more clean energy sources to reach the electric grid, and provide consumers with cost-saving insights into their power use. The funding, made possible by the bipartisan infrastructure law, which both senators helped pass, was awarded through the Department of Energy's Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and 29 of their colleagues in urging Congressional leadership to extend funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program, which is set to run out in a few months. The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) was created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), which Warner and Kaine helped pass, to lower high-speed internet costs for low-income Americans. Over  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $71,816,110 in federal funding to reduce power outages, enable more clean energy sources to reach the electric grid, and provide consumers with cost-saving insights into their power use. The funding, made possible by the bipartisan infrastructure law, which both senators helped pass, was awarded through the Department of Energy's Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership more PR